Since cube has come to online, and within a VERY short period of time, they have ratcheted the price up on this phantom event. This seems like an attempt to determine exactly what the market can bear. They reached my F-it point - this is obvious exploitation now.
6 tickets - to 8 tickets - to 10 tickets. RIDICULOUS. #LostCustomer #DoneWithWizardsForever
? Cube has been 10 tickets on MODO for a while now. What am I missing?
Also, would like to take this moment to plug XMage, an amazing free program that works like MODO in that the processes and such are automated, but is completely free. If you are wondering what it looks like in action, go to the articles/podcasts sub forum here and check out my image draft videos. (AND GIVE ME SWEET, SWEET VIEWS!!!!)
$10 a draft could be OK if the prize structure makes up for it. I've paid that much to draft store cubes where the whole prize pool goes right back to the players, so it's basically EV neutral. All the same, online gaming just makes me angry, I wish I could get more face-to-face drafting in with my paper cube, but it's a much better experience than I'd expect MTGO drafting to ever be.
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The online cube was back in the day 6 tix. It was raised to 8 and I guess it was raised later to 10.
For some reason I didn't really enjoy the online cube. I think it's because drafting cube is more of a fun casual thing and there's zero social aspect online. All you ever get out of the other guy is "GL", "GG" and "OMG U NOOB HOW DID YOU BEAT ME?"
fwiw, gameplay-wise I think this is the best iteration of the legacy cube in a looooong time. There are very few cards that seem extremely out of place, a lot of the archetypes are competitive, and the cards are generally at a good power level. Is it as good as your cube? No, but if you're looking to cube on MODO for a bit and you have some PPs, it's totally worth it.
With few points in banks, I've paid 10 box at release and then get to play for free about other 7 times. You just need to win some rounds in order to play again. It is how it works. Cube format is just so full of fun. If it was available online for free, at anytime, it would steal a huge part of the market in only few months, period. WotC don't want that to happen. So they release the cube temporary and people have to pay in order to draft it.
fwiw, gameplay-wise I think this is the best iteration of the legacy cube in a looooong time. There are very few cards that seem extremely out of place, a lot of the archetypes are competitive, and the cards are generally at a good power level. Is it as good as your cube? No, but if you're looking to cube on MODO for a bit and you have some PPs, it's totally worth it.
100% agreed. Best Legacy Cube I've ever played. Almost reach the good quality Holiday Cube release.
If it was available online for free, at anytime...
Which it is, on XMage, which is pretty much the freeware version of MODO. Ive plugged it a trillion times here, but it's worth checking out, and if you want to see videos of it in action check out my draft videos in the Articles section of the forum.
6 tickets - to 8 tickets - to 10 tickets. RIDICULOUS. #LostCustomer #DoneWithWizardsForever
Also, would like to take this moment to plug XMage, an amazing free program that works like MODO in that the processes and such are automated, but is completely free. If you are wondering what it looks like in action, go to the articles/podcasts sub forum here and check out my image draft videos. (AND GIVE ME SWEET, SWEET VIEWS!!!!)
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
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For some reason I didn't really enjoy the online cube. I think it's because drafting cube is more of a fun casual thing and there's zero social aspect online. All you ever get out of the other guy is "GL", "GG" and "OMG U NOOB HOW DID YOU BEAT ME?"
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
100% agreed. Best Legacy Cube I've ever played. Almost reach the good quality Holiday Cube release.
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Which it is, on XMage, which is pretty much the freeware version of MODO. Ive plugged it a trillion times here, but it's worth checking out, and if you want to see videos of it in action check out my draft videos in the Articles section of the forum.
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic